Inspiring Older Readers
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Norse Myths : Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki posted on 19 Nov 2017
Kevin Crossley-Holland is a master storyteller who over the years has been the definitive re-interpreter of myth from many lands
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The Harrap Book of Humorous Prose posted on 19 Nov 2017
I suspect that all of us have our bookish equivalents of the famous Proustian Madeleine...
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The Moor posted on 17 Nov 2017
I’m not an outdoors type. I really don’t like walking in nature and I would much rather spend my time in the labyrinths of a city......
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Black Fire! New Spirits! posted on 16 Nov 2017
Let’s suppose you know nothing of the history of the Black civil rights movement in the USA during the 1960s and 1970s.
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An Interview With John Vernon Lord posted on 15 Nov 2017
An Interview With John Vernon Lord
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Memoir of a Fascist Childhood posted on 15 Nov 2017
Given my own political leanings, over the years I must have racked-up a good many biographies and auto-biographies ...
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The Death of the Moth & Other Essays posted on 14 Nov 2017
Guest reviewer, Alun Severn takes an urban stroll in the company of Virginia Woolf
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Bookshop Memories : Hodges Figgis, Dublin, 1960-2 posted on 14 Nov 2017
This article originally appeared in the 2016 Letterpress Project publication 'Bookshop Memories Revisited'
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Overbooked in Arizona posted on 12 Nov 2017
This is a relatively short cautionary tale about how a passionate interest in books can become a dangerous...
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An Interview With P.S. Winn posted on 11 Nov 2017
An Interview With P.S. Winn